§ 6.32.130. Vehicle equipment—Inspection.

A.

All vehicles operated by any carrier as defined in Section 6.32.010 shall, before being placed in service, be approved by the chief of police of the city. All the vehicles shall be of a design and type of construction as shall comply with orders and regulations pertaining to the equipment adopted from time to time by the city manager. The vehicles shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in good state of repair, and shall be subject to constant inspection by the chief of police. Any vehicle which becomes unsafe, or unserviceable, either from the standpoint of its state of repair, or its condition of obsolescence, may be retired from service upon order of the chief of police, and no vehicle which has been so retired shall be again operated in such service except with approval of the chief of police.

B.

In the event the condition of any vehicle shall, in the opinion of the chief of police, be so unclean, unsightly or mechanically defective as to be undesirable for use by the public, the chief of police may require such vehicle to be immediately withdrawn from service and such vehicle shall not be again placed in service until approved by the chief of police.

C.

It is unlawful for a taxicab or its driver to carry, contain or otherwise possess or receive information from any type of device which monitors other taxicab activities or public safety calls.

(Ord. 1042 § 1 (Exh. A (part)), 2000).